Clemens Krauss was born in 1981 in Graz, Austria, and has lived in Berlin since 2007. After completing his studies at the University of Vienna, he received a Master’s degree in Bildende Kunst from Central St. Martin’s College of Art, London, UK, and a PhD from the University of Graz, Austria.
In his work, Clemens Krauss incorporates the space and its context as well as the triangular function of the viewer. He formulates an attempt to visualize the question of the role of the individual in a political, cultural, and social context. On mostly light-monochrome, partly architecturally-looking backgrounds, Krauss creates images that not only represent bodies but actually are bodies: in rough, impasto-like streaks, thickly applied oil paints accentuate the canvas and create sculptural reliefs of human figures, which continuing three-dimensionality into the space. In addition, his concepts are reflected in sculptures, videos, photos, and participatory performances.
Krauss has had a number of institutional solo and group exhibitions, including at MOCA, Los Angeles; the Tel Aviv Museum of Art; Kunstmuseum Bonn; S.M.A.K Gent; Berlinische Galerie; Marta Herford; Kulturhuset Stockholm; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu; Curitiba Biennale; and the Havana Biennale to name a few. In 2019, he was the only Austrian representative at the International Havana Biennale, CU.